Beautiful Design Part 2

Are you “beautiful” or “average”? According to Dove’s “Choose Beautiful” campaign, when faced with the choice of walking through a door labeled, “Beautiful” or a door labeled “Average,” most women chose “average. (Please click the picture to watch the 3 minute video). How many of us would say, “I’m beautiful” and believe it? We’ve all heard it, “we are all beautiful in our own …

Beautiful Design Part 1 of 2

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.” Oscar Wilde There’s nothing like being forced to make a public choice about a sensitive subject, but that’s what women faced in the recent Dove campaign, “Choose Beautiful.” As women approached the entrance to a public building, they were faced with the choice of which door to walk through — and which label to …

Prayer: What You May Be Missing

Does this describe your prayer life? Buzzing through prayer because the rest of your day is more exciting to consider. Making mental to-do lists while mouthing rote prayers to God. Slipping prayer in around errands — if you remember to pray at all. For many of us, our prayer life lacks depth and life. It can even become boring. So what are we missing? Time? …

You are Loved

You Are Loved

“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.”  Augustine “God loves you.” I know, we hear that so much it skitters across our brain and bounces off. But perhaps today you and I need to listen, to really hear it with our heart. God loves you. Did you get that? God loves you. Not some …

It’s Ok to Be You

Recently, I attended a conference and these four words changed my life: “Be who you are.” Be who you are–not who you “should” be, not who others want you to be, but who you are at the soul level right now. It’s tough to trust that call, to muster the guts to live it out. But today, I’m committed to …